Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 21 10:59:39 EDT 2008 | davef
That you have 'grainy' solder only at the ends of the connector and not at all solder connections indicates that your quality types are on track and are pointing you in a direction worthy of investigation and developing a better understanding of the
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 07 07:16:25 EST 2004 | davef
Cold solder prior to properly performing a well designed drop test. Actually, "cold solder" means different things to different people. Two dull solder connection conditions are: * "Disturbed" solder joint: a solder joint that has an "angular face
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 26 11:46:16 EST 1998 | Rin Or
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Thu May 13 14:41:17 EDT 1999 | Michael N.
I need some pics or documentation on how a finish soldered joint looks like for SMT component. I have various people who supposedly says has knowledge with High Temp says my joint could look better. The joint looks shiny and great except for a grainy
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 26 15:38:27 EDT 2009 | davef
We believe that some suppliers replace nickel with cobalt in SN100 to product a shinier, less grainy, more attractive lead-free solder connection. SN100E sales-types like the idea that it is available in paste, bar stock, and other forms; as compare
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 18 15:38:22 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Do you have a picture? SMTNet HAS the technology now to post pictures. "Disturbed" to the typical Q.E. usually means grainy or dull, or a wrinkly solder appearance. All of this has to do with the "grain structure" of the solder joint. Here's a p
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 10 11:32:34 EDT 2017 | dleeper
You could always take a scrap board, paste it, and let it sit out over night. Reflow it and then you should have a nice visual aid, covered in solder balls and grainy, irregularly shaped solder mounds.
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 22:15:12 EDT 1999 | Chris
| I'm having problems with trying to get a good solder joint using a Ceramic PCB. We are using AMTECH hi-temp solder (ws-486 96.5/3.5ag). My profile looks great and I used the recommended profile from Amtech with a few adjustments. My max temp is abo
Electronics Forum | Fri May 14 00:34:22 EDT 1999 | Mike D.
| I need some pics or documentation on how a finish soldered joint looks like for SMT component. I have various people who supposedly says has knowledge with High Temp says my joint could look better. The joint looks shiny and great except for a grai
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 14 09:28:58 EDT 2007 | davef
When soldering a component to a board, the solderability protection on the component combines with the solderability protection on the board and the solder to form an alloy. This alloy is unique for that combination of solder and solderability protec
